The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1936
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 164
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.73° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.34° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.49° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.